Iraq's Kirkuk Calls for Clean Break With Baghdad

摘要

The governor of cash - strapped Kirkuk has come out in recent days fighting for his oil - rich Iraqi province to form a separate semiautonomous region similar to neighboring self - governing Kurdistan. Calling for an end to the "oppressive status quo," Najmaddin Karim argued that if Kirkuk "stays with Baghdad, it will remain in the same dire situation as it is in now."